Embossed fibrous material.



F. W. MOORE. EMBOSSEP PIBROUS MATERIAL.

APPLIOATIQN FILED AUG. o, 1909.

1,005,059. Patented 0ct.3,1911.

FEEnEmeK wi MoonE, "QE r mgWA NEW JERSEY.V .essIGNoa 'ro` THE LUxEMoon LEATEEn oorriilon'n when; .NEWJEEsEm-A eonromrmw EMEUSSED 'Prenons MATERIAL.

Bpeeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Octf', 1911.

Application inea August q, 1909. seml'mxsireav.

To fnllmwh/m it mfr/y concern? i' .'Initg linoxv'n that I, FREDERICK W. MOORE, i rtizen.'|oi'-;'the United States, residing 1n Nen'nrla'i, munity of'Esse'X', and State ONeW le 'lill' 'ed Fibmu'fMaterial, of wh'iohthe .'l" l"|'o\\'ing' descril tion, in connection with the 'accompanying like burin.

This' invention relates to n layer'or sheet oillrl'.' oranther ibrbus'matenal havin one (have Ainvented an Improvement in` aii'ings, 'is a sp'eciiieation,I d llce :leon-.rn 'one the'4 drawings representing.

'frmedby the roiova'lofparts of said finer or firmer rsurface and not of the coarser bod portion whereby a superior product;

befaceompli'siied' by 'subjecting the sheet oi la e'r offfelt 'to compression, s that' parts ofy'one of its V{ner or' iirmer surfaces are molded into formations jin design'projected eyond the remaining portions of said surface a. distance suiiilient to 'enable said projecting parts to be removed yet not to such extent as to remove all of thefiner or firmer sliface; Where y the design is formed en- `tlreljl 'inxtlre'surfzioe of finer or `firmer natre-pr. finality, and as a. result, the detail 0f 'the f 'iris made to stand out prominently and sharply2 and a superior product ifsobtaindg'whieh 'is not weakened but retains substantially the-strength of the orig'i; nal Sheet 'or 'layn'threbyenabling the felt or other brous layer' rsh'eet having the design thereon to be u'sed not only for deco- -rxttive or ornamental' 'pnrposefljnt also used for` manufacturing urposes, siieh as for slippers, 4boots and sloes, figs, ete., inasmuch the sheet orlayer with the design thereonais not lliable to be tom, split, stretched or otherwise injunedin mani nlating itt-o ed tit.to the-partionla `Wo 'I7 e sheet r'layer of 'elt or other fibrous mnt-ferial maydmve the sur-fare layer of liner or firmer material-in which 'd'1e 'design is formed of two distinct colors` one of which penetrates the finer or firmer materiel but partiell? its depth, While the remaining or underlying portion of the finer or firmer the design is sharply :material is of a distinctive color and may 'heef the same' colol" as the body. portion of 'the sheet or layer, which also serves' to emphasize the appearance 0E the design.

Thezdsign may and. lpi'eferublywill be 'formed thy 'shown and -s'ci'ibe'd.' Figure V1'1" represelitsfpne formpf-"a paratu's with which iny improved'produo't n ia'y :be produced.' Fig'n 2, n, pla'n of a 'sheet 'or 'layer of fibrous material embodying this invention.' Figs,` 3, 4, and 5, details in section lon an enlarged scale to be referred to, und Fig. 6, a lan of a sheet or layer with. a different' design from th et shown in Fig. 2. Referring to the drawings, a, F ig. 2, represents a sheet or layer of felt or4 other fibrous material, and b represents the design formed in one of its surfaces,

` The design b shown'in Fig. 2, consists of a' series of parallel' groovesgwhlioh-r'are :formed by remoii'iigparaliei stri s or p'r tiene from 'nnesurface hf fehjshee er lsymf, 'which may 'be effected by -the apparatus represented' in Fi'g` 12- f The'.apparatus showni'ii Fig. 1,' comprises essntially'abed roll'oof'hard rubber, steel hard material2 which Whieh qwill beih'oreinifter deor otherl substantially supports and fptetes a roll .d haiflngr engraved or (')th'erwise` formed on,.its circumference the design to' be'fo'rmed in the sheet or layer-'n.1 "Ifheroll ,maybe designated the pattern roll and hasfeopei-aing with it a. gege roll f -end pressure' l`l fg; l'The sheet'or lfyer ai without the desigrtligreon is designe to be fed between the" ageiroll f and thepattern roll d and "tofV "'`m` pressed between the same, so that a, portionofjone surface of the sheetI or `la er a, herein shown asthe lower surfae'is reed into"the recesses, which.' fbr'rth -ie'sign irr the"pattern' roli, and fwliih ,ae" rep're` sentedl by dotted IincsinFg. l" stnritilar grooves 1 04 ar'ragedpara'l'lel' to'oneefiother,

The age and 'pat-terrifrollfs v1,ife-o`perat ingv.' h' them a kife :12, preferably a belt knife, whose cutting edge is extended to .near the'vertial'f line assjn'g through the center of tli' seid rol 's and substantially vtangent to the qireijnn'lerence of the pattern rol'l; so as to 'remore onlyr those portions, ofthe under surface oi. the sheet or layer, which are projected into the recesses 10` and thereby form in the under surface of the fibrous sheet or layer the design b correspplnding to the recesses in the pattern ro Sheets or layers of fibrous material have one or both of their outer surfaces of a different texture -or firmness than the intermediate or body portion, which exists not only in manufactured sheets or layers of fibrous material, s'uch as felt, but also in natural fibrous sheets or layers, such as skins, and this condition is represented in lplya makin Figs. 3, 4 and 5, in which 20 represents one outer surface of fine or firm material or texture; 21, `the other, and 22 the intermediate or body portion of conrser texture or material. In order to obtain a sheet or layer of fibrous material having a design formed on one of its surfaces, which is serviceable for commercial as well as ornamental uses, and which when subjected to strain will not split, tear apart or stretch to such extent as to destroy or im the article unfit or use, the desi is formed by removing only a portion o the firmer outer material, as for instance the fine material of the surface 20. To this end, the cut made by the knife does not extend into the coarser material comprising the body ortion, but is regulated so. as to extend ut partially throu h the firmer material comprisin the sur ce 20. This result is effected with the apparatus `herein shown the recesses 10 of a Vdepth less n the t ickness of the finer or limer material comprising arranging the knife 12, so that its cutting edge is tangential to-the outer circumference of the pattern roll, so that only th'eportions of the outersurface 20, which arexprojected intothe recesses and are con therein against lateral movement by the walls of the recesses will be cut by the said knife, and as a result the strength of the sheet or layer lis not materially im aired as t-he out does not extend throughy t e strong nfiner or firmer materia-l.

groove or channel b extends but through the finer or firmer material comprising the outer surface 20. The walls of the cavity fibrous material are substantially' perpenwhereby the dicular to the surface of the sheet or layer., detail lof the design formed bythe removed portion of brought out sharply and a. su erior product 1s obtained. The same t ing when the sheetor layer is askin, which is represented,iiiFigs.` 5 and 6, andwhich is provided with a design 25 similar to a leaf. `The design 25 may be made in the grain side J3() of the skin, ,which may correspond to the 'than the intermediate body 'the recesses in the. roll d, sai

l the skin.

air the design and render the outer surface 20, and

, This is clearly representedin Fig. ,4, wherein itowill be v seen that the ai'tially.

formed in the sheet or layer of the st irface is is trueA surface 20 of the felt layer a, or it may be made in the flesh side 31 corres ond'mg to the surface 21 of the felt layer. he grain and flesh sides or surfaces of the skin are materially firmer in texture portion or pitli 32, represented in Fig. 5.

The apparatus may be provided with a. means for removing fine cut ortions from means being shown as a revoluble brush 40.

In ractce, the surface of the felt, which is to e provided with the design, may be dyed or colored with a different color for a portionof its depth as, for instance, black, while the remaining portion of said surface ma be colored the same as the body poi-tion,

as or instance, red, and the same is true of This contrast in color serves to enhance the value of the product.

Claims.

1. As an improved article of manufacture. a flexible lsheet or layer of fibrous materiel havin :in outer sur ace of a firmer text-nrc than t ie body portion of the same, and hoving portions o saidfiimer surfaceremoved to form a design in the said outer surface, the Walls of the portion in design being substantially perpendicular to the said surface and the ortions removed extending toward but not into said body ortion, whereby the design is sharplyl egned without materially impairing the s rength of the said outer sur face, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a iiexible sheet or layer of fibrous material havinglan outer surface of afirmer texture than t e body portion of the same, and of a color which is distinguishable from that of the body portion and aving portions of said firmer surface removed to form a design in the outer surface of a color which is di s tinctive from the color of the outer sui-face, the walls of the poi-tion in design being sul stantially perpendicular to the said surface, substantiay as described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a 'flexible sheet or layer of felt having one of its outer surfaces of a different color than its body portion and havin portions of said outer sur ace removed to crm a surface in design -of Jszliiferent colors, the walls of the portion in design 4heilig substantially perpendicular to said surface. y

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.`

FREDERICK W. Moons.

Witnesses II.,h CHUncniLii, J. RPHY.

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